Pre-sale tickets for the ASA STARS National Tour Tar Heel 250 at Hickory Motor Speedway will go on sale this Friday, April 14.
Advanced adult general admission prices for the Thursday, May 25 event will be $25.00. Kids 6-12 will be $10.00 and kids five and under will be free. Advanced tickets for active and retired military members will be $20.00, a $10 discount when bought in advance.
Tickets for the Tar Heel 250 can be purchased here starting Friday, April 14 at 12:00pm ET.
The race will be part of “Thursday Thunder in the Foothills,” co-sanctioned with the ASA Southern Super Series. A full schedule of events and a support division will be announced this week.
The ASA National Tour is also racing at the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina on Tuesday, May 16. For more information on the race and how to purchase tickets, please visit this link.
The Tar Heel 250 is right in the middle of “Speedweek” in the Charlotte-metro area of North Carolina. Millbridge Speedway, in Salisbury, NC, features the Extreme Outlaw Midget Series on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday will see the Tar Heel 250 – Thursday Thunder in the Foothills at Hickory Motor Speedway for the ASA STARS National Tour. Saturday brings CARS Tour action for Late Model Stock Cars at Tri-County Speedway in Hudson, NC. To cap the week off, there will be two days of NASCAR action at Charlotte Motor Speedway, with the Coca-Cola 600 culminating the week on Sunday.
The ASA STARS National Tour opened the ten race, six-state schedule at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, FL on March 11. Georgia racer Casey Roderick won the Sunshine State 200.
The series’ next event is on Sunday, May 7 at Madison International Speedway in Wisconsin for the Joe Shear Classic. Tickets are available online by visiting misracing.com/tickets.
For the full ASA STARS National Tour schedule, plus Super Late Model rules and other information, please visit the series website at starsnationaltour.com, or be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook: STARS National Series | Twitter: @racewithstars | IG: @starsnational).
ASA STARS National Tour
The ASA STARS National Tour debuted in March of 2023 for Super Late Model racing in America. Announced last October, many of the best drivers in America will compete in the ten-race national tour with a minimum $100,000 point fund. The championship team will be guaranteed $25,000.
The ASA STARS National Tour is made up of three races from each of the regional pavement Super Late Model Series under the Track Enterprises banner; the ASA CRA Super Series, the ASA Midwest Tour and the ASA Southern Super Series.
The Team Construction Winner’s Circle program has been announced as a part of the ASA STARS National Tour for licensed drivers/teams with perfect attendance. The program provides additional financial incentives to those teams who support the Series, thanks to Team Construction.
Track Enterprises, a Racing Promotions Company based in Illinois, will operate the ASA STARS National Tour. It announced the acquisition of the CRA sanctioning body in January and followed that up with the purchase of the Midwest Tour in July. In October, Track Enterprises President, Bob Sargent announced a partnership with the Southern Super Series which set the table for the formation of the ASA STARS National Tour.